Moving to internal role and transition period

[LilMissSunshine9]

Hiya

Hoping some for some advice here - I am moving to an new role within my current firm, its in a completely different department to the one I am in now and something new so its a steep learning curve for me.

My issue is this so called transition period - my current manager keeps saying to me that there is no clear cut off point when I stop doing things that I currently do when I move to my new role. But how is this fair to me - that I am expected to do two jobs indefinitely. My new manager emailed my current one to say they are happy for me to continue with important things but that is an agreement I and my current manager need to make.

When they recruit my placement surely once I have had a handover meeting with them then its clear I no longer should have to do anything that I do in my current role.

I emailed my current manager to say I want a clearly defined expectation of what I will still continue to do because I do not know what else to do about it.

Half wish I found job with a new company tbh.

This is pretty standard with any internal move I've ever experienced. You often end up with "a foot in each camp". In my experience, this tends to cover a period where the new manager wants you to move quicker than the old manager can recruit your replacement. They compromise and you get suck in the middle a bit.

Any move is stressful / more difficult than normal everyday work. The plus side of this over an external move is that you don't have to learn a new company/new people/etc.

Your reaction kind of depends on how you want to be perceived - do you consider it a "job" or a "career"? I wouldn't let them take the mickey in either situation but if it's a career, you'll want to be perceived as flexible and helpful (as people will be aware of your reaction). If it's a job, then you could probably dig your heels in a bit and be less accommodating (although, ultimately, if the overall business want you to do something, as long as the total amount of work isn't more than 1 whole job, you'll probably have to be a bit flexible).

Thanks thing is though I have to work full time in my new role and still then have to pick up and do work from my old role meaning working longer hours to ensure the work is done. My time isn't being split and its the indefinitely part I am annoyed about because when I asked surely when they recruit and I have had some hrs with the newbie than that's a clear cut off point only to be told no.